KABUL (Dispatches) – The Afghan security forces launched operations against the Daesh terrorist group in Watapur district of eastern Kunar province amid reports of the presence of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the fugitive leader of the armed group, in eastern Nangarhar province of the insurgency-plagued country.
According to Haq Nawaz Haqyar, police chief of Kunar province, a well-coordinated operation was launched against Daesh hideouts in Watapur district and so far five militants have been killed.  
"The operations launched against Daesh hideouts in Ghondi area of Watapur district today morning and so far five armed militants have been killed and three others injured," Haqyar told Xinhua.
According to the official, the operations would last for four days to wipe out the Daesh terrorists from the area.
The Daesh terrorist group has yet to make comment.
The operations against Daesh have coincided with report about the presence of Abu Bakr al-Baghdai, the elusive chief of the self-claimed Islamic caliphate in Kunar's neighboring Nangarhar province.
"Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of Daesh group, has been shifted to Afghanistan," a local newspaper the Daily Weesa reported.
Citing unknown sources, the paper added that Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has entered Nangarhar province.
The Daesh fugitive terroristic Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has been disappeared since the collapse of his self-claimed caliphate in Iraq last year and the gradual defeat of his fighters in Syria.
Daesh terrorists had been badly defeated by Taliban outfit in northern Jawzjan province in August forcing the militants to surrender to the Afghan government.
Since the defeat of Daesh terrorists in Jawzjan province, the armed group has reportedly massed its terrorists in Nangarhar and the neighboring Kunar province.
Officials have yet to make comment on the report.